29 June 2023.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Blackwater State Forest: off Coldwater Horse Trail, six-tenths of a mile off Buddy Hardy Road.
Coordinates: 30.8331, -86.9638
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Elevation: 53m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing on a dirt forest-road environment, partially shaded. Steep backslope stepping down to the graded road edge, creating a sandy bench with seepage present. V. nitidum is situated higher on the bench than V. nudum. Slope: 10%. Aspect: Southwest. Elevation recorded as 175 feet.
Number of plants sampled: 2
Associated species: Smilax laurifolia; Viburnum nudum.
Comment: Deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, upright and spreading, with an irregularly rounded crown. Size 6-12 feet tall and wide. Leaves small, narrow, excellent dark green color, 2-3 inches long by 1-2 inches wide. elliptic to elliptic-ovate, tip acuminate to acute. Leaf margins are smooth to slightly swollen. Flowers creamy white in the spring, borne terminally in compound cymose clusters, Fruit in compound dome-shaped infructescences, uniformly bright pink to dark blue or black in July-August (V. nudum is still greenish-white at this time). Collected off of two heavily fruited plants. Very interesting plant. Viburnum nitidum is usually associated with sandy soils along shallow, clear-running streams. Access to moisture [is important], but is not an obligate wetland species.
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